Who are you? Well. Hello there. Man, this is kind of fun, you know? Hanging out here in the studio together with you, Joyce. And we're excited. And we're excited. You're here with us as well. Yeah, absolutely. That guy is John Seville. Who? Yeah, this. Is Joyce Logan. But a lot of people know you as, caddy man. Yep. John Cadillac Seville, caddy man. My wife calls me other names, which I really can't repeat. But. How many radio stations are you on right now?
Multiple stations for iHeart right now. Wherever they need me, I just kind of go play. It could be a top 40. It could be country, it could be classic as I just love music and doing this long time. Joyce, you know, you and I met, you know, years ago in WPLG in New Haven. We did, we did. Yeah. So a little bit of background about us like like who are these people. So John and I have known each other since I think 1982. And we were at to you. Like many years ago. And we just hit it off. We did.
And we can go years without seeing each other and we just hit it off again. So we found out that we had something in common with the way we speak with people. And so I've always had a dual career and public relations and, and wellness. So I have a private practice where I help people, a lot of people with anxieties and phobias and things like that. And when people would come in, they want to share with you everything that's wrong in their life.
So I started to switch that around and welcome them in and say, so tell me what's good, what's good. But John does the same thing. You were like the, the, the mayor. You're like the town council. Wherever you go, people gravitate towards you. And you always say something like, if it's a guy like, so what's good, brother, right? Don't you. Yeah. You want to correct people. So because people go to the negative naturally.
And there's so much negativity out there it's like they say bad news cells and all that. And I don't necessarily you know by that I believe that one step at a time. Maybe it's Pollyanna on my part of Kumbaya. But I believe that we can make a difference one person at a time. So when I'm at the gym or the coffee shop, I'm not going to be like looking at my phone. I'm going to be looking around to see who I could talk to. Yeah. And I'll look around and say, you so what's good today?
And people have to think about that because they're not used to that. Yeah. You just made their break a lot. Right. But if you say like how you doing. Oh you know, same old same old another day another dollar. Yeah. Let's not go down that rabbit hole. Let's focus on what's good. And then all of a sudden that person's mood is elevated. And then they in part do that to someone else. And you have the domino effect of life, right? So one by one you can make a difference in people's lives.
Especially in your own life. You know, just, you know, be aware of your words because your words really, truly shape, your day, your life and who you bring into your life. So even if you're not feeling it, focus on something that does make you feel good. That's right. And then you'll notice that, there's like a big shift that happens. There is I mean, we live in a world that's full of vibrations. Yes. And if we can go out there like the Beach Boys song, you know, good.
And bring out those good vibrations. I'm dating myself. I need some. Music. Yeah, I don't, we just can't, you know, like. Like we're working on that right now. We're kind of low budget at the moment, but we're good, we're good. We're going to work on that. And that must cost a lot for people. Play music on TV because they usually don't. Yeah, they have to pay like, you know, they have copyright laws, right? We could hum it. You're a singer. We can have an apple. Oh, I can't imagine.
You want to keep our audience. You know what we what we always hear. You guys are way. No way. We're going to have somebody soon. We're going to get somebody with so much talent here in the Connecticut marketplace and beyond. Yeah, that's. Just some of those musicians to come out and sing. But again, you know, the whole premise of our show again, in case you're just tuning in, what's good with John and Joyce? It's just something we we just want to bring something positive to the world.
Because every time you look anywhere, it's all negative. And some people say, well, negative sells, but I think positive can sell, too. It's all about how you present it. It's all about how you present it. And if anyone has waited in the doctor's office or a grocery line lately. Yeah. Oh my lord, it's it's full of never mind the politics or the price of whatever eggs. Yeah. Could be the weather. Yeah. And so put the weather is always going to change, doesn't it?
Doesn't it get cold where we live? It doesn't. Matter. I'm in New England. They say if you don't like the weather, wait a minute. Right, right. But there's this common thread where people gather, and I think that's been their calling card for a long time. Right. Like, I can relate to you because we both hate this, right? How about if you both loved something?
Yes. And I think if we start that and we're going to start that with you because you're going to help us with this, you know, form that thread of, hey, I'm alive today. If you have eyes that you can see, legs that you could walk. And if you can talk, if even if you have one of those things, you could be ahead of the game because you're still on Earth. If we're still on Earth, we're here for a purpose. We're here to help each other. We're here to serve. We're here to uplift.
And I think that's been lost along the way, probably because of things like social media, which is great in one way and the other way. It allows people to gaggle together and just complain, complain, complain. And we want to be the show where you can tune in to and you're going to hear what's good, and you're going to start thinking about what's good in your life or. The old phrases, you know, misery loves company. Yeah, but misery hates to lose company even more.
Yeah. I remember somebody saying that to me once before. Oh, yeah? Yeah. But again, I find that when I'm chatting with people a lot, they're gravitating toward the positive. When you do say something positive, you compliment somebody and make it sincere. Yeah. Because people can, you know, they they can spot a phony in a heartbeat. But if you really look for something in each and every person to compliment and be sincere about it, it can it can change their whole day. Yes.
So that's something that I know we do innately. We've done that for a long time. It's kind of like our fabric. But I think I think people are good by nature. I think so. Too. I think people sometimes listen to a different voice, but I think, you know, people, are good by nature. Yeah. And that's a good thing to remember because a lot of people have said people are evil by nature, and I don't believe that. No at. All. I think we're created by our we are, you know, our creator to be to be good.
But then as we get into the world, you know, sometimes we listen to those disparate voices. Yes. You know, I hear my mom's voice a lot. And of course. I love the way you speak about your mom. And I love my mother. You know, when I was a teenager, I didn't, though. I thought she was, you know. Oh, every every every teenager. Yeah. I really did.
And it wasn't until, you know, a little later on that I thought, wow, this woman was she was a genius because she wasn't really she wasn't college educated. She, you know, she had immigrant parents from Austria and, they had learned to speak some English and, you know, and all of that, but boy, did she have wisdom. And she used to say, if you like something about someone, tell them, because a lot of people think it and they don't say it, she said.
So if someone's wearing a shirt that you like, say you like this shirt. Yeah, tell them because you probably make them feel good on top of it. But on the other hand, if someone says to you, hey, I really like that top you're wearing, don't ever say this old thing, right? Right. Say take it with grace. Take it with take it with grace. And say also that. Yeah, I like it too, because that's why I bought it, you know, because I liked it.
But so many times people do not compliment others because they feel it makes them vulnerable or whatever it may be. But when you're compliment, somebody might be the only nice thing. They hear that they don't assume, oh, that person's pretty or that person gets compliments all the time. Don't don't assume it, you know, be free with your praise. Yes, because when you bless other people, I believe that you get blessed as well. You know, talking about that.
And I won't, I won't, I won't say who it is, but I think you might remember the story. So it was a rather famous person, and I was complimenting to him another famous person. And he said, I would never tell him that because his head's too big already. I know who you're talking to. Yeah. But we're not gonna we're not going to do. No, no, but that's the thing.
I think people think people will sometimes look and say, well, I'm not going to tell him or her looks looks good because, it's going to give them a big head. And it's like, why? Like, why would you say that? Sometimes I see and I still don't know if they're looking at me like, wow, you know, she just made a mistake. But they, you know, especially women will look at other women kind of up and down. And I'm thinking, oh, do I have a stain on me? Do I have, you know that?
But they could be thinking, I like that. Right. And so just say it, do it and. And you'll feel better about it. Yeah you will. So think about it in your own life. You know, who can you compliment? Who really needs that sometimes is the person. Maybe you have the roughest time with? Well, like we say many times off the air and saying it right now, you know, on the air that everybody is going through something. Yes, everybody is fighting a battle.
I don't care who you are, what kind of house you live and what kind of car you drive and clothes you wear. Everybody's battling something. Yeah, you just scratch that surface, right? Right. So just by being kind to that person again, that that can make their whole day. Yes. Yeah. You know, when I watch old movies, I love watching movies because I turn off the news. Okay, turn off the news. What's your favorite old movie? Oh, there's so many.
If there's one that came to mind is maybe, you know, it's the man who came to dinner. Oh, yeah. The man who came to Twitter with Monty Woolley and Betty Davis. And sometimes when I've said old movies to people, they've said to me, oh, well, I wasn't born then. It's like, hey, I wasn't either. I'm talking about movies in the 30s. I wasn't born when, you know, Gone With the Wind came around. But, you know, I just always loved I love that, but I love the man who came to dinner.
Just makes me smile because the dialog is so fast and witty. But I also love It's a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart. How can you not? And that's got a great moral, I guess, to that story where he never felt fulfilled because he wasn't making the money. He didn't. He wasn't taking care of his family, as you should. And his social mores, that of the day. Yeah, yeah, I think a lot of people still go through that nowadays. Yeah, I think so. Like my favorite movie of all time is Field of Dreams.
Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner. Yes, I watched that movie. It's like it's kind of like The Notebook for men. I was just going to say. Notebook for men. That resonates more with men, doesn't it? I still watch that movie, and every time I do Patty, my wife has to give me some Kleenex because I think about my dad.
Yeah. If you're familiar with the movie where he's throwing the the ball with his dad, who comes back to life because he's in the field, and all these old baseball players come back and he looks at his dad and goes, yeah, and he's so young. Yeah, I remember him being older and this and that, and he and his dad says to Kevin Costner's character, would you like to play catch? And every time he does that, I just lose it.
Yeah. With the power of good storytelling, of a good movie and also a good, like, what we're trying to do here. A good a good story, right? Yeah. We're going to have some great stories waiting to hear some of the people we're going to have on. Yeah. And things that they went through. Right. But you know, something and watching those old movies, I, I will Google the people just to see what their lives were like. I am shocked at times, the things that they went through.
Looking at it, I'm thinking, wow, they had it all. They had it. Oh no, no, no. No, nobody has it. All the people you think have it together don't. And they probably need you the most, right? They probably need you the most to say something, encouraging to them, you know. And you do that all the time, John. You know, I wish I were more like, oh. Well, you're you're you're doing this. And I think that's one of the reasons we decided to get together to do this show.
Joyce, because we met for coffee rather innocently at a coffee place right down the street from the studio here in Brantford. And we were both looking for something like this. Yeah. I remember when I talked about doing a podcast and you said yes, I was thinking about the same thing, but I just wanted to find the right, you know, co-host. Yeah. And I looked at you and said well you know, what do you think. And, and all those years ago to quote a George Harrison song, right.
We, my favorite Beatle. Yeah. Mine too. Mine too. Yeah. We meet up and all of a sudden we're here working with some really great people here, and, it's just it's a blessing to be here. You know? But you just remind me about something in the coffee shop, and that's when you kind of open my eyes to something. I got there before you, and there was a young. Which is usually the case. Which is? John's running late. Boy, you know.
But there was this young man sitting in the corner, and he looked a little special, and I, I can say that because I have a grandson who is in the, in the. Spectrum of what is that? And. Oh, wait a minute. Should we be playing that song? Got it. This is all organic, gang. We're doing this organic right now, warts and all. All right. Hello, hello. Good good. Good good. Somebody forgot to turn their attention. All right, all right. As you were saying.
Well, I have a grandson and a son who's in the spectrum and when I went, walked into the coffee shop, I kind of got the feeling that he was. And, he wanted to be left alone, but he was the only one in there. I walked in, he was sitting in the corner, and I just stayed. I just stayed away. John walks in five minutes later and, you go up to the counter, you say hello to everyone. You look over at this guy that you never saw before. You walked over like, hey, my man, what's up?
How are you doing today? You put your hand on his shoulder and his face lit up. His face lit up like no one has ever done that to him before. And that really welled me up thinking, how many other times have I done that? And it looked like almost I was shining someone when in my mind I was kind of giving them space because I thought, you know, they may have special needs, but it didn't matter to you, John. You know, and that's what I so love about you. And so you teach me. You teach me.
And I think, you know, I think I just want to be appreciated, you know, and it's like I do a lot of the mic work with the Tim Tebow Foundation and they're nice to shine. And that's all about, what they have. It's a problem for people with special needs. And they had the red carpet and I do my Ryan Seacrest thing. Yeah. Bring them all the and introduce them, ask him a couple questions, and they feel like this is their night. Everybody has a crown.
The guys are wearing tuxes, the girls are wearing gowns. And for that night, for that 2 or 3 hour period, they are stars. You know, they're a big deal as they should be because, you know, we're all stars in our own way, right? Right. And then I get the chance to play music for them dancing. And it just makes their whole night. They just want to be treated like everybody else.
Yeah. You know, it's like so many, so many times people see somebody in a wheelchair and they see the chair, but they don't see the person. They'll talk to another person like that person has to translate to the person in the wheelchair. Yes. You're right. You look at the person in the wheelchair and smile at them. Have a conversation with them. Right. That's all they want. Treat, treat people with dignity. Yes. And again that's the kind of stuff we're going to focus on here.
You know what's good in the world. There's so many good people in the world. It's not just what I do. There's people doing that all the time. Joyce, you do that in your own way. You, you know, watching right now, you do that in your own life. Right? Yeah. And I think about people who will say, to me, you know, just in a conversation will come up like they, they hate rich people. And it's like, yeah, all right. So everyone's got something, but you can't lump everyone into into one thing.
There are a lot of good rich people and poor people and, I guess I can't. It goes back to my mom who said, do not Revere anyone either. Don't you know, because the Queen of England always remember just saying that the Queen of England takes down her pants and goes to the bathroom just like you. It's right. So they may have more privilege in other areas, but there are people that she gave birth to, children. She did this or he did that. We're all the same.
And just because someone might have more privilege or kids in school because they have less privilege, doesn't mean you mark them as something. Because here's that saying that Wayne Dyer always said that when you label someone, you negate them. Absolutely. And you have. A tendency to judge and label. So much. And I just got done watching a TV series called The Crown. No, I love The Crown. And you mentioned the Queen and privilege. They talked about people that were dysfunctional.
Yeah. You know, you think they have it all, all the money in the world, but all the divorces in the family. Yeah. Princess Diana, I'm not sure if she was ever happy. I know she seemed like she was the unhappiest person in the world. And yet, at the time, probably the most popular woman in the world. Yes. And and her. And, you know, now, King Charles, there was no love there. Right. And so for us to judge people and think they have it all. And he's dealing with cancer. Exactly.
Kate is and so everyone's dealing with, with something in life. So if we begin to look at people that way that we're all in this together and just reach out, a hand by saying, smile at someone, even just smile at someone. But it, it really, you know, they have the sayings on social media which maybe it doesn't even make sense anymore because you see it, but it's so true. Your smile can change, right? Everything in a person's life if you just say something positive to them. Yeah. And so.
So that's why your smile is your logo. Your smile is your business card. So you didn't tell me what's good? What's good today, John? What's good today is we're here. Yeah, we're hanging out. We've been talking about doing this podcast for about a year, a little behind the scenes stuff inside baseball stuff. And we've had some stops and starts again. What Joyce and I like to do is be very organic and transparent, you know, and that starts right now with this show.
But we've had some stops and starts and, but we believe everything happens in God's time, you know? Right. Every setback is a set up for something better. Right. And, Absolutely. Beautiful studio here in Branford. We're working with some great people. Yes, David and Step, and we shoot them and all they're doing behind the scenes. And we appreciate you, for, for, you know, watching and listening. Right. What is it? I mean, who knows where this is going to go?
And, but we're just hoping that, it goes in a direction where we can make a big impact in people's lives one by one. Yeah, well, I think we both feel that there's no coincidence in there. I mean, everything happens for a reason. And this was meant. Meant to be. And if, one person likes listening to us, we're here for you. And it makes. That's perfect. I hope you're the one. I really hope you're the one. And you tell another one and you tell another. Yeah, the domino effect.
Well, we want a good domino effect. We want people to think differently. We're going to bring you a lot of ways to do that. A lot of tools to put in your little, tool case before you leave the house in the morning. Well, you certainly. It's going to. Help your day. You are definitely a, a wonderful author. You've written some great books. You have another one that's coming out soon, and we'll be talking about that very, very soon. Yes. Maybe in an upcoming episode. Hint hint hint. Yes yes yes.
So what's good? Say that to yourself when you wake up in the morning. What's good about my day? And just celebrate the fact that you're alive and if you can wake up and get yourself out of bed, that's great. If you can't and you have someone who's taking care of you, that's great to focus on that. You know, I just have to remember, there was this minister years ago who said that he would visit a woman that in, I guess it was a nursing home and she would not get out of bed.
And she was really closed down and was suffering with depression, along with just being elderly and hurting and all of that. And he leaned into her one day and he said, I want you to say every morning, this is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. Just say that. And then a couple weeks later, he went to visit her, and she was sitting up. And a few days after that they told him that there was a great improvement with her, and she started to dress and get up and about.
And then she told the minister she said, when you said that to me, I did that and I felt something different inside of me. Yeah, something leaped out inside, right? But it was so wonderful that he said that to her than the other side. You have to do it also. Right, and put action to that. I love that saying, because that was King David in Psalms, you know, one of my favorite passages in the Bible. But yeah, what's good? You always remember things like that. So what the King David said.
King David said that King David said that in the Bible after he suffered one of his worst defeats at the time. So he was speaking by faith, and, his fellow warriors were ready to kill him. They're really upset with him because he had lost a battle. And, a lot of the enemy had come to their home and ravaged the, the, their homes and took their kids, you know, and their their wives. And, he went over to the side and he encouraged himself because nobody else was.
And he said, this is the day that the Lord has made. And he went on to say, let's be glad and rejoice. And father blessed me in such a way that you know that nobody will ever believe how great things are, not because of who I am, but because of who I am. As powerful. But that that was always a great passage in my mind that he. And then like eight weeks later, he became the king. He was in the king at the time. But Saul, you know, King Saul was killed at the time. But I digress with that.
You know, I get really deep into this stuff, but, this has been, it's been a lot of fun. Joyce. I'm really excited about this, this, this next, you know, a chapter in our lives. And, we want to take you along with us. Let's leave everyone on a positive note. What do you say? That I love. You? I kind of like, you know, looking for that anointment of ease in life. Anointment of these? Yeah. Yeah, I just like that we're we're all going to have challenges in life.
But so many times things happen for us in a positive way when we just kind of like, you know, say what we want, put it out to the universe, and then just go on with your day. Right? So like, I always like to say, you know, I'm going to do my best today and, and let God take care of the rest. I love that we wish that for all of you, it's spirit of these. That's right. Till next time. Bye for now.